"Thanks for the feedback hopslink, Sgt Ric & Chris. I guess I was hoping I could try and just program it to simply take-off, hover and then land again; VTOL style, nothing elaborate. Could something like that be supported on this platform - if so…"

"Could someone provide a brief description of how the ArduPilot Mega v1.0 Alpha 1 code works. How would I get my quad-rotor to just simply hover using this source code. I'm just using the ArduPilot Mega Board & the ArduPilot Mega IMU shield, I'm not…"

"@John Church, thanks. That's what I've been working with so far. We'll keep fingers crossed indeed!"

"Any idea of the exact release date of the software manual with the code?"